Lipstick display and sample cabinet



Patented Nov. 7, 1944 FFIc-E DISPLAY AND SAMPLE CABINET Nathaniel H.Freeman, New York, N. Y., assigner 'to 'Helena Rubinstein, Inc., New acorporation of New York Application October 7, 1943, Serial No. 505,282

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a sample lipstick counter. cabinet. f

The invention has for its object to provide a counter cabinet in which aplurality of lipstick holders are tiltably mounted in openings orcompartments and are independently movable to bring each holder and itssample of lipstick out of the cabinet and into position to be sampled bythe purchaser.

I accomplish the object of the present invention by means of an improveddevice, one embodiment of which is described in the followingspecification, set forth in the appended claims and illustrativelyexemplified in the accompany- I ing drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the counter cabinet;

Figure 2 is a substantially transverse sectional view of the cabinettaken on lines 2 2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a substantially transverse sectional view taken on lines 3-3of Figure l.

Referring to the drawing, Ill denotes a cabinet, which is the shapepreferably of a right angle triangle in transverse section, andwhichcomprises an upright back wall II, fiat bottom or base I2 and anupwardlyl and rearwardly inclined front panel section I3, end walls I4forming closures for the -opposite ends of the cabinet.

The front, panel section I3 is of substantial thickness and is providedwith a plurality of parallel similarly shaped rectangular openings orcompartments I5, spaced apart from each other by partition walls I6. Theend or bottom walls I'I of the compartments I5 slant downwardly andforwardly to a, slight degree while the top walls I8 are cui; preferablyat right angles to the front face of the section I3. The compartments Iare closed at the inner side by a back panel I9, which is provided witha plurality of cut outs along the lower side, the cut outs registeringwith the openings or compartments I5. The upper or inner wall of eachcut out is disposed above the upper edge of the bottom wall I'I of thecorresponding compartment so as to provide a through opening or port 2Iat the lower end of the compartment.

Each compartment accommodates a lipstick and in contact with the bottomwall I1. A pin is driven into the bottom of the key piece 23 and dependsat right angles therefrom to form a stop engaging the back of the frontsection I3 to prevent Withdrawal of the entire holder from itscompartment.

Mounted on the flat key piece 23, substantially midway of its length isan upright cylindrical holder 26, the bottom or lower end being fixed tothe key piece 23 `while the upper free end is provided with an axialbore 21 to accommodate a lipstick substance 28. The lipstick 28 andholderv26 in rest position of the block and key piece, see Figure 2, isinside the compartment, the rearward side of the ho1der26 restingagainst the panel I9 and the block 22which forms a weight, beingdirected downwardly towards the rear and bottom walls ofthe cabinet.

To bring any lipstick 28 into exposed position for the purpose ofselecting color and taking a sample, the outer tip of the key piece 23'is pressed downwardly by the finger and the lipstick holder is tilted toassume the position illustrated in Figure 3, whereby the front 24 of theblock 22 abuts the rear or inner face of the panel I9 and the holder 26is projected forwardly to expose the.

. lipstick 28.

holder comprising a block 22 at its inner end and v a flat key shapedpiece 23 projecting forwardly through the compartment I5 to the outsideof the front piece I3. The front end 24 of the block 22 is inclinedupwardly and rearwardly at an angle which causes the same to abut theback of the panel I9 when the key piece 23 is held down A cabinetaccording to the present invention may be constructed to accommodate theentire run of lipstick shades of any particular brand and because oftherelatively large amount of at space above and belowthe compartmentsI5, there is: ample room for advertising .matter and shade names.

Having now described my invention and the Y manner in `which the sameoperates, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A lipstick display and sample cabinet, comprising a panel having aplurality of openings,

each thereof being adapted to accommodate a lipstick sample, and a,lipstick holder loosely pivoted vin each opening comprising a keyportion propanel section between the back and bottom walls having aplurality of parallel upright openings,

each containing a lipstick holder loosely pivoted in said opening andcomprising a key portion projecting through the opening to the front ofthe panel and an enlarged rear portion inside the container, a backpanel for the inner side of the front panel to cover the openings exceptfor the lower ends thereof through which the lipstick holder passes, astop on the underside of each holder to prevent forward movement of thelatter through the opening, and a cylindrical lipstick holder upright onthe key portion, whereby in normal position the enlarged rear portion ofthe lipstick holder is inclined downwardly to tilt theA cylindricalholder upwardly and rearwardly into its opening and by depressing thekey portion towards the bottom of its opening to cause the cylindricalholder to tilt forwardly out of its opening to expose the lipsticksubstance contained therein.

3. A lipstick display and sample cabinet, as claimed in claim 2, inwhich the lower end wall of each opening in the front panel is slanteddownwardly and towards the front to form a rest for the key portion inits depressed position to display the sample lipstick.

4. A lipstick display and sample cabinet, as claimed in claim 2, inwhich the enlarged por- Y tion of the lipstick holder has an inclinedforward portion to abut the back of the back panel when the holder isdepressed to limit tilting thereof to expose the cylindrical holder.

NATHANIEL H. FREEMAN.

